Golden-fronted Leafbird

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Golden-fronted Leafbird | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Chloropseidae | genus = Chloropsis | species = C. aurifrons | binomial = Chloropsis aurifrons | binomial_authority = Temminck, 1829 }} The Golden-fronted Leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons, is a leafbird. Leafbirds are a family of bulbul-like small passerine bird species found in India and southeast Asia. They were formerly grouped with the ioras in the family Irenidae.

The Golden-fronted Leafbird is a common resident breeder in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of southeast Asia. Its habitat is forest and scrub. It builds its nest in a tree, laying 2-3 eggs. This species eats insects and berries.

The adult is green-bodied with a black face and throat bordered with yellow. It has an orange forehead and blue moustachial line, but lacks the blue flight feathers and tail sides of Blue-winged Leafbird. Young birds have a plain green head.

The southern Indian race, C. a. frontalis, has a narrower yellow border to black face.

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